Education in Uruguay

Education in Uruguay is compulsory for a total of fourteen years (two years of pre-primary, six years of primary education, and six years of middle education), beginning at the preschool level, and is free from the pre-primary through the university level. In 1996, the gross primary enrollment rate was 111.7 percent, and the net primary enrollment rate was 92.9 percent. Primary school attendance rates were unavailable for Uruguay as of 2001.